Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 35 No 1 (JANUARY/APRIL 2024)

EDITORIAL	5
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK	5
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS	6
Percutaneous coronary intervention facilities in Nigeria	6
Arterial stiffness assessment in obese black South African patients	9
A strategy to improve adherence to guidelinedirected medical therapy (GDMT) and the role of the multidisciplinary team in a heart-failure programme	14
Characteristics and immediate outcomes of patients who underwent percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, Tanzania	18
Clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods and results of surgically treated histologically benign cardiac myxomas	29
Association between apelin-12 and creatine kinase-MB, depending on success of reperfusion in STEMI patients	37
Assessment value of the modified early warning score for long-term prognosis of older patients with chronic heart failure	42
Right atrial strain in a normal adult African population according to age	46
REVIEW ARTICLE	54
Pre-eclampsia: does cardiac function differ in HIV-positive and -negative women?	54
CASE REPORTS	66
Calcified right ventricular fibroma in an adult	66

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